Red Sorrow

Eriah in the north and Cirinta in the south was two neighbouring countries on a small island, and with only factor alone, it was already built for disaster.

For 200 years, the flames of war had been burning.

Oddly enough, they held one particular thing in common. Those who boasted black hair reigned as nobility and royalties, while those with brown and blonde hair where commoners. Red was a rare color, that seldom was seen anywhere.

And then there was the demi-humans with the ears and tails of beasts, an underclass that worked as slaves, and with senses that surpassed humans, demi-humans also fought in the frontlines of war.

Cirinta was blessed with nice weather and fertile soil, a contrast to Eriah in the north, with bitter winters, and little crops.

However there was the river Manels, which flowed from the north of Eriah to the south in Cirinta. Eriah could dam the waters, to strike an attack on Cirinta.

When the flames of war grew to intense, a royal marriage was agreed upon, to mend the rift, and stand as a peace treaty.

But such peace seldom lasted longer than five to six years.

Even so, this did not deter the two countries, and the futile attempts of peace was continued.

And so it was with that, second born Pince Rend of Cirinta, and I Princess Nannika, of Eriah had an arranged marriage, as a symbol of peace for the countries.